Chapter 169: The System of the Cultivation World
At this moment, the entire island fell into silence.
Lu Yang stood in mid-air, falling into deep thought without saying a word. The others didn’t even dare to breathe loudly; some were even scared directly into fainting.
After all, until just now, Patriarch Qing Ting, who had a great reputation in the surrounding several islands, was still being held in hand like a dead dog by this peerless fierce demon in front of them. One must know that was a Great Cultivator at the Nascent Soul Realm! Even placed in the Immortal Alliance, he could be counted as middle-tier, yet he was completely no match.
What realm was he?
Spirit Refining? Void Return? Dao Integration? No one knew. But everyone was clear that the current Lu Yang could decide their life and death with just a thought.
“…Sigh.”
Only after a long time did Lu Yang sigh deeply. The thoughts and minds of this group of mortals below naturally couldn’t hide from him; all were taken into his view.
“Hard to be a good person.”
“Clearly I wanted to be a good person this time, but just because of a small accident, I turned into a great demon head who wipes out people’s entire sects at the drop of a hat again.”
Thinking of this, Lu Yang glanced at Patriarch Qing Ting in his hand again.
“All your fault!”
Originally, he had planned everything well. Casually kill a few Qi Refining cultivators to show strength, then talk with the Foundation Establishment Perfected Ones, everyone giving each other some face.
In this way, he could establish a reputation overseas for being charitable and helping in times of need. Moreover, by preserving the “Golden Core Sect,” there would definitely be considerable benefits afterwards. He could even consider using a strategem of inflicting injury on oneself to win trust, making the “Golden Core Sect” owe him a favor, preparing for the future.
As for the dead Qi Refining cultivators, Lu Yang never took them to heart.
Do Qi Refining cultivators even count as people?
However, who could have thought that a misunderstanding caused by a bluffing realm name turned all this into bubbles? In the blink of an eye, he became a great demon head again.
How about killing them all…
Lu Yang glanced at the surrounding people, then suddenly shuddered. How could I generate such a terrifying thought? Can killing everyone conceal the news?
It was simply a meaningless act!
Must be the Saint Sect’s fault. Those near ink become black; I stayed in the Saint Sect too long…
Lu Yang reflected deeply, then came back to his senses, looking at the trembling Madam Xiao behind him: “From today on, the Divine Firmament Sect will be managed by me.”
“Do you have an opinion?”
How dared Madam Xiao say any objection? She immediately prostrated herself, her delicate body trembling slightly, creating a wave of ripples: “The Divine Firmament Sect respectfully listens to Senior’s instructions.”
Seeing this, Lu Yang looked deeply at the other party. His true eye was like a torch, like a ball of fierce fire burning directly from inside Madam Xiao’s body towards her limbs and bones, making two red clouds instantly appear on her exquisite pretty face. She only felt her body had no secrets at all in front of Lu Yang.
“Senior possesses divine might!”
Just then, a figure suddenly rushed out, kneeling before Lu Yang without a word. It was impressively Liu Chi, who had just betrayed the Divine Firmament Sect.
“This kid has a Mutated Thunder Spiritual Root, top-top grade aptitude. Today I am willing to take Senior as master, serving Senior diligently, willing to risk life and limb without hesitation!”
As his voice fell, Liu Chi respectfully knocked his head three times loudly.
Seeing this, Madam Xiao raised her head abruptly, revealing bone-deep hatred on her face: “Disciple deceiving master and destroying ancestors… do you think you still have a way to live?”
Liu Chi said nothing, just kept knocking his head.
Lu Yang looked at him with interest. He had to admit, this Liu Chi still had some cleverness, recognizing the situation almost instantly.
With Lu Yang’s strength, he definitely couldn’t run away, so he could only beg for mercy. But his cultivation was weak, having almost no bargaining chips to attract Lu Yang’s attention. Thinking over and over, only a Spiritual Root talent and expressing loyalty remained. As for Madam Xiao, her attitude wasn’t important at all.
The choice made currently was already the best choice he could make.
“Not bad, a talent.”
Lu Yang smiled slightly. Just as his voice fell, a look of wild joy suddenly appeared in Liu Chi’s eyes. Then, amidst the wild joy, he turned into a pool of blood water.
A root overflowing with thunder light flew out from the blood water, landing in Lu Yang’s hand.
Liu Chi’s judgment wasn’t wrong. The so-called “Mutated Thunder Spiritual Root” was indeed very useful to him. It was just that, the only useful thing was the Spiritual Root.
“You, come in with me.”
After giving an instruction to Madam Xiao, Lu Yang transformed into an escaping light and flew into the Divine Firmament Sect. Madam Xiao dared not neglect and immediately followed closely behind.
Fortunately, Lu Yang was taking action using Su Nü’s body at this moment; the appearance was an extremely beautiful woman.
Otherwise, Madam Xiao would definitely generate suspicion in her heart, wondering if he had taken a fancy to her body.
Of course, Lu Yang indeed took a fancy to Madam Xiao’s body… or more precisely, he took a fancy to the High-grade Water Spiritual Root inside Madam Xiao’s body.
Very suitable for in-depth research.
After all, the so-called “Spiritual Root” was an exclusive product of the Emerald Sun Cultivation World. To understand the truth of this place, one must inevitably start with the Spiritual Root.
One day later.
As cultivators with lingering fears left one after another, news about Lu Yang spread quickly. For a time, it caused the sects on the surrounding islands to feel greatly terrified.
“Casually caught Patriarch Qing Ting and made him unable to resist?”
“Definitely a Spirit Refining Realm cultivator!”
“But shouldn’t Spirit Refining Realm cultivators all be in the Immortal Alliance? How could one be here with us? Could it be a secret mission of the Immortal Alliance, Qing Ting violated a taboo…”
Various rumors flew all over the sky.
However, Lu Yang, who was currently in the Divine Firmament Sect, had no mind to pay attention to these. Instead, he directly had Madam Xiao bring all the collected books and classics in the Divine Firmament Sect.
Most of them were waste products.
Only one Daoist scripture was considered somewhat interesting, picked out by Lu Yang. It was the sect-guarding cultivation technique of the Divine Firmament Sect, named Ren Gui Synthesis Divine Firmament True Method.
“So that’s how it is…”
Lu Yang frowned tightly. After finishing the entire Daoist book, during which he incidentally called Madam Xiao into his seclusion secret room, then searched her soul directly, fiercely checking her thoroughly. Madam Xiao was a sect patriarch after all; through her, Lu Yang finally had a complete understanding of the Emerald Sun Cultivation World.
“In this cultivation world, only those possessing Spiritual Roots can cultivate immortality!”
“However, Spiritual Roots are not innate from the mother’s womb, but descend from the sky and merge into the infant’s body after birth according to their fate and qi luck.”
“Therefore, there have always been conspiracy theories saying Spiritual Roots are the means for the Immortal Alliance to control the number of cultivators.”
“And regarding this truthful but irresponsible rumor, while the Immortal Alliance issues official denials, they are also organizing manpower to crack down severely…”
With a Spiritual Root, one could step into cultivation.
As for the path of cultivation thereafter, it was using the Spiritual Root to constantly breathe in and out the spiritual qi of heaven and earth, refining and purifying one’s own True Qi. It was roughly divided into seven realms.
“Patriarch Qing Ting said he was already Nascent Soul. In reality, this ‘Nascent Soul’ talk is just a private appellation, not recognized by the Immortal Alliance officials. And according to the classification standards of the Immortal Alliance, the seven realms should be Practice Qi, Foundation Casting, Core Formation, Nascent Soul Condensation, Spirit Refining, Void Return, Dao Integration…”
This sounded much more reasonable.
Previously, he thought the so-called Qi Refining, Foundation Casting, Core Formation were overseas terms. Now it seemed they were probably deliberately changed names to avoid taboos for the venerable.
After all, Golden Core Perfected Lords could inspect heaven and earth.
If one day they inspected the Emerald Sun Cultivation World and found that Qi Refining cultivators here dared to call themselves Golden Core, and felt unhappy, what if they killed the entire cultivation world?
What level are you, daring to be called Golden Core like me?
The more Lu Yang studied the system of the Emerald Sun Cultivation World, the more wrong he felt: “Why do the cultivation methods here completely not elevate the stature?”
Above Nascent Soul Condensation, it was named Spirit Refining.
Originally, Nascent Soul Condensation was equivalent to Great Perfection of Qi Refining. Lu Yang thought the Spirit Refining further up should be comparable to Foundation Establishment, and thus generated some dread.
However, the Divine Firmament Sect had produced Spirit Refining Great Cultivators in the past. The Ren Gui Synthesis Divine Firmament True Method also had descriptions of Spirit Refining and even Void Returning cultivators. After Lu Yang checked, he discovered that whether Spirit Refining or Void Returning, the essence was further purifying True Qi, not elevating the stature.
In other words, there was no qualitative change.
In the Emerald Sun Cultivation World, even the strongest Dao Integration Great Cultivator was still at Great Perfection of Qi Refining! With insufficient stature, Lu Yang could kill them all with a breath!
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